Sorry. I use fake name host command can return right ip address My question is I am curious why the 2nd line is 171203020173.upstream.com instead of www.mydomain.com ? It should be. right? 64 bytes from www.mydomain.com (171.203.20.173): icmp_seq=1 ttl=43 time=291 ms Thank you --- Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos at br-online.de> wrote: > adrian kok wrote: > > linux ~ # ping www.mydomain.com > > PING www.mydomain.com (171.203.20.173) 56(84) > bytes of > > data. > > 64 bytes from 171203020173.upstream.com > > (171.203.20.173): icmp_seq=1 ttl=43 time=291 ms > > 64 bytes from 171203020173.upstream.com > > (171.203.20.173): icmp_seq=2 ttl=43 time=290 ms > > Something is severly broken on your side: > > [angenenr at shutdown ~]$host www.mydomain.com > www.mydomain.com is an alias for > www.mydomain.com.akadns.net. > www.mydomain.com.akadns.net has address > 66.150.120.131 > www.mydomain.com.akadns.net has address > 216.34.94.184 > [angenenr at shutdown ~]$ > > Ralph > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com